Brazil’s economic activity rose more than forecast in July, posting the biggest expansion in almost a year. The non-seasonally adjusted economic activity index rose 2.34% from a year earlier after rising 0.99% in June, the central bank said in a report.
Brazil's central bank ordered the liquidation of Banco Cruzeiro do Sul on Friday after no one stepped up to acquire the troubled lender, raising doubts about government oversight of small and mid-sized banks.
A benchmark measure of Argentina's money supply rose 34.6% on the year in August, according to the central bank. In its monthly monetary report published late Thursday, the Central Bank of Argentina said its M2 measure of money supply averaged 403.93 billion Argentine pesos (86.6 billion dollars) last month.